The tourism!

Tourism is the way for that the countries get an economic profit and they can grow.
In Costa Rica, the tourism is one of the principal source to grow in the economy, because Costa Rica give shelter to many natural beauty,have incredibles beaches, volcanoes, have an impresionant fauna and flora, delicious dishes and many nacional parks.

Many people around the word find to travel in some countries to know the natural source, buildings, art, national parks, beaches or see the flora and fauna, because each country has diferents things that other don´t have.

In my opinion, I woul like to know Italy becuase this country has many places, when there is beautiful scenery, exotic countryside and exellent art and museums. Also I like the culture, tradicions, costumes and the language.

Travel is very interesting, because yo can learn about ather countries and observe thigs that you can´t see in Costa Rica.

Footprint

What would next generation to help reduce their foot print??

It is important that the next generations take into account the big problem that the Earth has.
This problem is caused for the men´s hands because many people throw garbage, many cars, truks and airplanes emits gases that go to atmosphere or also contaminate the rivers, and all these actions increase the greenhouse gases. Also the uncontrolled deforestation and the meat consumption contribuite in this problem.

Many people ignore this enviroment problem or other people are not interested to do something to help the planet.
We must work hard and find solutions to save the planet on time. We have to teach the children to recycle, plant threes, don´t throw garbage, avoid to use hot water for much time, if don´t use some appliance turn them off, change the tradicionals bulbs for fluorecents because these need lees energy, use electrical vehicle or walk, ride a bycicle or share the car, use the public trasportation and buy recycle products.

If we educate the children of this form, we would help of greatly to the world!!
become aware and help now that we have time ...

Marriage

Why do people not get married now a days??

I think the people don´t married now because they feel that this act is a big compromise for the rest of the life. They think if they married can´t enjoy their lives of the same for that they were single, they prefer to be free and make what they want.

Other reason to stay single is because if they get married, thay get more responsabilities in their lives.
Also if they unite their lives they get more strees because there are more expenses and they must colaborate in the domestics shores.

They must consider to take into account boths opinions and give freedom in the relationsship.

It is very important that the couple respect each other, also they need to divide the expense of the house.

I think the people don´t want to get married, because there are many things that they must do.

Climate change

Warming global
It is one of the most significant environmental problems that the Earth have.
The earth's atmosphere is composed of many gases; the most abundants are nitrogen and oxygen, which are part of the greenhouse gases.
Greenhouse gases are vital to our survival, but the accumulations of these are causing the increase in temperature of the earth.
This increase occurs because is much pollution in the atmosphere, for the lifestyle that we carry.

For example:

*The oil, natural gas and coal are used to produce electricity, run cars and to power factories, but these contribute to increase the global warming.
*Industries that emit tons of smoke into the atmosphere
*Uncontrolled deforestation
*Throw garbage
*Meat consumption
*Emissions from cars, trucks and airplanes contribute to the greenhouse effect.

Consequences ...
*The poles are melting and many places that are near to the coast could disappear as sea level go up
*It could make wars for territory, food and water.
*In some places, there will be droughts and in other more rain.
*Many flora and fauna will disappear for the constant climate change.
What must we do to stop global warming?

To prevent or stop this environmental disaster it is necessary to take into account the following measures:

*Programs that educate on the topic, because many people ignore this problem and cause damage to the planet without knowing that they are doing.
*Replace traditional light bulbs with low-energy
*Avoid using hot water
*Buy recycled paper products
*Use less electrical appliances or turn off them when not in use
*Avoid using air-conditioning
*Choose a vehicle that consume less, or use the car less or use others options like walk, ride a bicycle, car sharing or use public transport.
*Plant some trees.
*Recycle


I think these are simple solutions and easy to make but for the planet would be helpful.
And if all the people collaborate we can make a better word!

The simple life

The simple life is a way of life away from the consumerist society that exists today.
Many people prefer to live a simple life because they spend less, there is much less stress as in the city, are near to nature so the environment is healthier because it is not contaminated.
But I think it must be very difficult live in this form because you need to plant that you will eat like the vegetables, legumes, grains among others; have to cook with wood stove, so you have to chop wood. If you want some sweet, would be to eat honey.

I think that I can´t live in this lifestyle, but would be best for everyone because it is a very good lifestyle, but it's hard after so many years to live with any features that are now, and pass to live with only the necessary ...

Storytelling

For me the storytelling is an art, because for make the story funny and entertaining for the audience, the storyteller need to use differents voices to show the audience who is talking, also speak faster, louder, slower or softly to make more exciting.

Is important to maintain this tradition because the children are losing these customs and are part of national identity and is also an entertaining and educational for children. There are many ways to do a story, for example, can be through dramatization, puppets, movies among others.
There are many types like stories of love, adventure, for babies, fantasy or fear.
All this kinds of story are very funny and entertaining, but is necesary know some techniques for the public for them pay attention.

Language

Language is the way by the people can communicate, through this we can express our ideas, feelings, thinkigns and exchange views.
Is necessary preserve the language because it identifies us as a nation and differentiates us from other countries, we must keep and be proud of this.
It is very important to know that dialiect is part of language and that is also important, for example in Costa Rica the language is spanish but there are also dialatecs as are used by people that live in the Caribbean zone.
The dialect is a variant of the language associated with the geographic location and gives identity to people speaking the dialect.

I think that learning several languages is so amazing because we can learn
of other cultures, and in my opinion is fun and interesting learn other languages because we can communicate well with people that speak other idiom and if we travel to other countries we can easily understand the habitants of the region.

Extreme sports

Extreme sports are those sports or leisure activities with a sports component, which by their real or perceived danger, difficult or extreme conditions in which they practice, are considered under this term.

There are several types of extreme sports and practiced in different areas, for example:

In the air:
Parachuting
Sky diving
In water:
Surfing
Canopy
On earth:
Skateboarding
Rock climbing

Of these sports that I would like play Bungee,I want to experiment the sensation of falling into the void, also like surfing.

These sports are dangerous, but many people practice them to feel the adrenaline, without thinking that their lives are in danger and in these sports cannot make any mistakes because you can lost the life, we must be careful but enjoy to the maximum and get fun.

Fraud

Fraud is the way in which the criminal steals a victim's personal information to commit a crime under the name of the person concerned.

There are many types of fraud, for example: identity theft, personal information theft, kidnapping, drug trafficking, assaults among others.

We must be careful because anyone can be victim of some fraud, we must take into account the facility with these people steal personal information by Internet, I think this is easiest way by which we can be victims, many ads say us that we won a gift and we must only enter a card number and password or they can call us on name of a company and say that we make a money transfer to any account, and when the transfer is ready they send the premium; these situations look very attractive for people but are not real, because really is a fraud.

So it is better not give or show personal information to anyone, because they can open accounts in your name and make purchases and then you have to paid them. Many people are afraid because at any moment they could be victims of fraud.

Globalization

The globalization is a process by which the counties a level of the word unite markets, societies and cultures; they can do this through big process technology, political, cultural and social. This union has as purpose: that countries have common interest and also get better international relations.
With the big technology advance, the society has achieved the improvement of the quality of life, for example: when you travel the displacement is more comfortable and fast, the easy access to internet allowed that person to have more opportunities to do business, promote some product, communicate more easily or to enrich our knowledge with information found on the internet.
I think all this advances have many benefits and some disadvantages because the person can consume in a word of technology and they can become sedentary, the person doesn’t make exercise because they play many hours with their video games or they are sitting in front the computer or television all day and leave their activities.
In my opinion, we are losing our identity, for example the food is change for fast food, the incoming fashion, expressions used are not of our country; we most change our attitude and maintain our national identity.

Advertising

The way to show and recommend a variety of products that offers the market through advertising, which are not always 100 percent is effective, such as light products that are fashionable, diet pills, machines, food or accessories that promise miracles to maintain proper health and perfect figure.

Also, advertisers have found an easy way to sell products with ads humorous aspect, with double meaning, that are directed toward the adolescent population, proving that freedom, aggression, modernity, beauty, luxury goods or hire someone known to promote sales.

About me

My name is Laura Edwards Montoya.
I’m 19 years old. I live in Escazú. I study dentistry and I chose this career because I like to help people when they needed. My family has 5 members, my mother, my uncle, my grand-mother, my pet and me. In my free time, I love to make new friends, research on the internet, play in the computer, listen to music and go out with my friends. I think I am a cheerful person... I am very happy with my life!